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A searchable index of real negative results, null findings, and replication failures from the published literature — so you can learn what didn't work before repeating it.

WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.

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“Football Did Not Make Me a World Champion, but It Did Help My Wellbeing”: A Qualitative Study of Study-sport Balance Based on Fung Ka Ki

Bill Cheuk Long Chan, Billy Lee · 2024 · Studia sportiva

Managing the balance of academic and athletic responsibilities at university is a serious challenge for student athletes. This phenomenological case study illuminates how one individual successfully managed his study-sport balance at…

View details →DOI: 10.5817/sts2023-2-6
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Is there any significant difference between tumor regression grade systems of rectal cancer?

Atthaphorn Trakarnsanga, Mithat Gonen, Jinru Shia et al. · 2012 · Journal of Clinical Oncology

3583 Background: Tumor regression grade (TRG) is a measure of histopathologic response of rectal cancer to preoperative chemoradiation (CRT) and correlates with outcomes. Several TRG systems have been reported including Mandard (5, 3…

View details →DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.3583
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Influence of significant difference in diameters of ureters on the possibility and effectiveness of ureteroureterostomy in the treatment of obstructive uropathies of the duplicated kidney

Iliya M. Kagantsov, Evgeniya A. Kondrateva, Svetlana A. Karavaeva et al. · 2024 · Urology reports (St. - Petersburg)

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic ureteroureterostomy is increasingly used as a surgical correction method for obstructive uropathies of the duplicated kidney. A complicating factor for this technique may be a significant difference between the…

View details →DOI: 10.17816/uroved626646
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11. People Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Who Did (or Did Not) Receive Annual Influenza Vaccination?

Deborah A Kahal, Brian Wharton, Christopher James et al. · 2021 · Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Abstract Background Nationally, younger adults and racial minorities have lower levels of influenza vaccination (influenza vaccination = vaccine) than non-Hispanic White adults. During the 2015-16 season, most vaccine decliners in our…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.213
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Stability of Nonhyperbolic Equilibrium Solution of Second Order Nonlinear Rational Difference Equation

S. Atawna, R. Abu-Saris, E. S. Ismail et al. · 2015 · Journal of Difference Equations

This is a continuation part of our investigation in which the second order nonlinear rational difference equation x n + 1 = ( α + β x n + γ x n - 1 ) / ( A + B x n + C x n - 1 ) , n = 0 , 1 , 2 , … , where the parameters A ≥ 0 and B , C ,…

View details →DOI: 10.1155/2015/486985
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The borderline effect for diabetes: when no difference makes a difference

Peter Aungle, Ellen Langer · 2024 · Frontiers in Psychology

We hypothesized that people at the borderline of being labeled as “prediabetic” based on A1c blood test results, who initially face equivalent risks of developing diabetes but who are labeled differently, would be more likely to develop…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1333248
Abandoned Hypothesis

Did Copyright Fail Music Artists?

Rachel Landy · 2025 · SSRN Electronic Journal

Music soundtracks our lives, supports over two million domestic jobs annually, and is being listened to more than ever before. The record industry is thriving, having made over $17 billion in 2024. Yet, many professional artists…

View details →DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5241841
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Deleuze and New Materialism

A. Janae Sholtz · 2025 · Philosophy Today

Deleuze and Guattari provide a sophisticated account of ontological relationality, many facets of which have been annexed into new materialist theory. It is worth asking how this happens and with what degree of accuracy. Deleuze’s…

View details →DOI: 10.5840/philtoday2025626569
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ФИЗИОЛОГИЧЕСКИ ЗНАЧИМЫЕ ПАРАМЕТРЫ ТРОМБОЦИТОВ У ПОРОСЯТ МОЛОЧНО-РАСТИТЕЛЬНОГО ПИТАНИЯ

Завалишина С.Ю., Ткачева Е.С. · 2019 · Зоотехния

Большой физиологической важностью в организме поросят обладают тромбоциты, являющиеся важным компонентом системы поддержания гомеостаза. Их функциональные свойства в значительной степени определяют процессы гемоциркуляции в просвете…

View details →DOI: 10.25708/zt.2019.55.41.005
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Comparison of insulin resistance and lipid profile in clinically significant macular oedema versus non-clinically significant macular oedema in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

· 2025 · International Journal of Medicine and Medical Research

Lifestyle-related disorders, particularly diabetes, pose a significant global health challenge. Diabetic macular oedema, a microvascular complication, highlights the importance of managing insulin resistance and hyperlipidaemia for optimal…

View details →DOI: 10.63341/ijmmr/1.2025.22
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ChatGPT: Significant Systemic Limitations and Opportunities for Improvement

Rosario Milelli · 2026 · Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Human-Centered Computing

ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, has become a central tool in my professional workflow, supporting scholarly research, editorial writing, and creative projects. Drawing on extensive practical use, this perspective highlights both its…

View details →DOI: 10.66311/3069-2318.02.01.02
Abandoned Hypothesis

Are nonmeasurable sets significant for epistemology?

Yuanshan Li · 2025 · Synthese

Abstract Probabilism holds that rational credence functions are probability functions defined over some probability space $$(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, P)$$ . According to some recent philosophical arguments, in some situations, rational…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s11229-025-05256-4
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Did I really agree to that?: making sense of policies you didn’t read with models that actually did

Shikha Soneji, Mitchell Hoesing, Sujay Koujalgi et al. · 2026 · Information Research an international electronic journal

Introduction. While Privacy Policies and Terms of Service (ToS) are intended to inform users; they often overwhelm, mislead, and confuse in practice. This work investigates automated techniques for analyzing such legal documents, with the…

View details →DOI: 10.47989/ir31iconf64157
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СОЦИАЛЬНО ЗНАЧИМЫЕ КАЧЕСТВА ЛИЧНОСТИ УЧАСТНИКОВ ОБЪЕДИНЕНИЯ «ВОЛОНТЕРЫ ПОБЕДЫ»

Е.Н. Малова · 2019 · Бизнес. Образование. Право

Актуальность определена существенными изменениями социокультурной, экономической, образовательной ситуации в стране и потребностями общества в развитии социально активной молодежи. Волонтерство добровольная безвозмездная социально значимая…

View details →DOI: 10.25683/volbi.2019.49.471
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Retirement Expectations vs. Reality: If COVID-19 Did Not Impact Retirement Expectations Significantly, What Did?

Zhikun Liu, David Blanchett, Qi Sun et al. · 2025 · Financial Services Review

Using two data sets (a Prudential Financial Wellness Survey and the Health and Retirement Study), this study demonstrates that although there is generally a natural upward trend for older (age 50+) Americans to progressively delay their…

View details →DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v33i1.4052
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Value Orientation and Significant Insights as well as Critical Review on Major Challenges and Significant Opportunities on Commerce and Management Education in India

Mahadevappa Hanchinamani · 2022 · International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews

It has been widely debated that while scholars like Nitin Nohria Dean Harvard Business School from Indian origin are leading the world’s top B-Schools; BSchools in India are struggling to find a place among the Top 100 Global Institutions.…

View details →DOI: 10.55248/gengpi.2022.3.9.31
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Abstract 13428: The Long-term Therapy With Low-dose Aspirin Did Not Reduce Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Prevention Setting: 10-year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Yoshihiko Saito, Sadanori Okada, Hisao Ogawa et al. · 2016 · Circulation

Introduction: It takes long time to conclude efficacy and safety of an intervention on primary prevention of cardiovascular events. Up to date, there is no study to investigate the effect of the low-dose aspirin therapy on primary…

View details →DOI: 10.1161/circ.134.suppl_1.13428
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Engaging Education About Risks of Opioid Use With Patients Before Elective Surgery of the Lower Extremity Did Not Reduce Postoperative Opioid Utilization: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Daniel I. Rhon, Tina A. Greenlee, Rachel Mayhew et al. · 2022 · Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Introduction: After elective orthopaedic surgery, many individuals go on to become long-term opioid users. Mitigating this risk has become a priority for surgeons, other members of the medical care team, and healthcare systems. The purpose…

View details →DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-21-00603